Squeegee rack for photostat machines



June 6, 1939. MILNE SQUEEGEE RACK FOR PHOTOSTAT MACHINES Filed Feb. 25, 1938 Patented June 6, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE SQUEEGEE RACK FOR PHOTOSTAT MACHINES 2 Claims.

The invention relates to a squeegee rack, the general object of the invention being to provide a frame for fitting over a tray and having an inclined part which supports a glass plate on which the prints are placed when taken from the tray and the solution pressed therefrom by a squeegee roller of the usual or any desired type.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing where in like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view showing the invention placed on a. tray.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 1.

In this drawing, the tray is shown at A and contains the hypo or other solutions for the treatment of photographic prints, and the letter B indicates a skeleton frame, which includes the two cross strips I having the notches 2 in their under faces, adjacent their ends, the rear uprights 3 connected with the rear ends of the strips I and the inclined or sloping members 4 which extend from the upper ends of the uprights to adjacent the front ends of the strips I, with the ends of the members connected to the uprights and the strips. Upper and lower undercut clips 5 are connected to the upper edges of the sloping parts and these four clips hold in place the board 6 and the glass plate I, which rests on the board.

The prints are taken from the tray and placed on the plate and then the squeegee is run over the prints to press the solution therefrom. As the lower end of the support for the prints termihates inwardly of the front edge of the tray the 5 solution pressed from the prints will run back into the tray,

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims. 15

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to protect by Letter Patent is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a skeleton frame having parts for resting upon a tray and a sloping part, a plate resting on the 20 sloping part for supporting prints and enabling a squeegee to be passed over the prints to press the solution therefrom inwardly of the outermost extremities of those parts of the frame resting on the tray.

2. A device of the class described comprising a frame including cross members having notches in their under faces for fitting over edge portions of a tray, uprights connected with the rear ends of said members, sloping members connected with 30 the uprights and the first mentioned members,

a board supported from the sloping members, a plate supported on the board and undercut clips connected with the sloping parts for holding the board and plate in position. 35

LYNN MILNE'. 

